OIC Decisions
Decisions issued from January 2022 onwards can be found here. Earlier decisions will be uploaded in the coming months. If you require an earlier decision then please email us at info@oic.ie
Decisions issued from January 2022 onwards can be found here. Earlier decisions will be uploaded in the coming months. If you require an earlier decision then please email us at info@oic.ie
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the CCAC’s decision.
Date: 02-08-2024
Case Number: OIC-147936-Q5T6N4
Public Body: Climate Change Advisory Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 01-08-2024
Case Number: OIC-149263-K3X3G6
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37,
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Council’s decision.
Date: 30-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-143810-C7W7T9
Public Body: Mayo County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.15(1)(d),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the DPC’s decision.
Date: 30-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-148534-B8S7P2
Public Body: Data Protection Commissioner
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Department’s decision.
Date: 30-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-145072-Q8P6M4
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(5),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Service’s decision. He found that it was not justified in refusing access to some information contained in one of the records at issue.
Date: 26-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-135453-Q7N6C0, OIC-135454-Y3X4M7
Public Body: Probation Service
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.30, s.32, s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the IPS’s decision to refuse the applicant’s request under section 15(1)(h) of the FOI Act.
Date: 24-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-142352-M0J9P4
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(h),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Hospital’s decision to refuse the application for amendment on the basis that the applicant had not shown, on the balance of probabilities, that the information at issue was incomplete, incorrect, or misleading.
Date: 25-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-143529-L6G3X7
Public Body: St. James's Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.9, s.9(1),
Summary: The Investigator varied the HSE’s decision. She affirmed its decision to refuse access to certain information contained in the records on the basis of section 37 of the FOI Act. She found that, on balance, the public interest did not favour its release. She annulled its decision to withhold access to additional information under section 37 and to withhold another record on the basis of section 30, and directed their release. She also annulled the HSE’s effective decision to refuse access to additional relevant records on the basis of section 15(1)(a) and directed it to carry out a new decision-making process on parts 1, 2 and 3 of the applicant’s request. She also found that it had not justified its reliance on a neither confirm nor deny provision in section 35 of the FOI Act and annulled this part of the HSE’s decision
Date: 19-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-116806-T1S6X5
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.30, s.30(1)(a), s.35, s.35(4), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Department’s decision.
Date: 19-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-148006-N6N1S3
Public Body: Department of Justice
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),